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  2. Het Steen - Wikipedia

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    Het Steen. Het Steen is a medieval fortress in the old city centre of Antwerp, Belgium, one of Europe's biggest ports. The surviving structure was built between 1200 and 1225 as a gateway to a larger castle of the Dukes of Brabant which was demolished in the 19th century. As the first stone fortification (city wall) of Antwerp, Het Steen is ...

  3. Fortifications of Antwerp - Wikipedia

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    Het Steen (literally: 'The Stone'). Antwerp was developed as a fortified city, but very little remains of the 10th century enceinte.Only some remains of the first city wall can be seen near the Vleeshuis museum at the corner of Bloedberg and Burchtgracht, and a replica of a burg (castle) named Steen has been partly rebuilt near the Scheldt-quais during the 19th century.

  4. Antwerp - Wikipedia

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    Antwerp (/ ˈ æ n t w ɜːr p / ⓘ; Dutch: Antwerpen [ˈɑntʋɛrpə(n)] ⓘ; French: Anvers ⓘ) is a city and a municipality in the Flemish Region of Belgium. It is the capital and largest city of Antwerp Province , and the third largest city in Belgium by area at 204.51 km 2 (78.96 sq mi) after Tournai and Couvin .

  5. Battle of the Scheldt - Wikipedia

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    Roughly 10–13,000. 41,043 captured. The Battle of the Scheldt in World War II was a series of military operations to open up the Scheldt river between Antwerp and the North Sea for shipping, so that Antwerp's port could be used to supply the Allies in north-west Europe.

  6. Timeline of Antwerp - Wikipedia

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    1576 – 4 November: during the Sack of Antwerp, John III van de Werve, Lord of Hovorst gets killed by the Spanish forces. [12] 1577 – Antwerp Citadel partially dismantled. 1579. City joins Union of Utrecht. Hall of the Coopers built. [12] 1583 – 17 January: François, Duke of Anjou tries to take city. 1584 – July: Siege of Antwerp begins.

  7. Downtown Athens Historic District - Wikipedia

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    May 31, 1984 (1984 increase) August 18, 2006 (2006 revision) The Downtown Athens Historic District is a historic area in the Downtown Athens neighborhood of Athens, Georgia. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1978. Its boundaries were revised twice, in 1984 and 2006, and additional documentation was filed in 2006.

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